# Patrick O'Donnell

> Patrick O'Donnell is a angel investor at Fresh Chalk (Seattle) backing Computer and Internet. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Fresh Chalk](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fresh-chalk)
- Location: Seattle, United States
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Jun 2018
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrickodo

Patrick O'Donnell is a Co-founder at Spare5.He is founder of Urbanspoon. He holds Bachelor's Degree, Mathematics and Computer Science from University of California, Santa Cruz.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Angel | $425k–$1.3M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Computer | 1 | 50% |
| Internet | 1 | 50% |
| Software | 1 | 50% |
| Education | 1 | 50% |
| Search Engine | 1 | 50% |

7 industries tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Israel | 1 | 50% |
| United States | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SparkToro | SparkToro™ is a new software company from Moz founder, Rand Fishkin. Their mission is to make it easier to discover the websites, blogs, podcasts, social accounts, and publications that reach your audience.They created SparkToro to help people do better marketing. Specifically, they want to assist organizations of all kinds to quickly andaccurately identify where their audience spends time and pays attention, so marketing efforts can be better targeted and more effective. They think it sucks that so much of web marketing today is “buy ads on Facebook and Google.” That duopoly makes marketing less creative, less interesting, and less fruitful. It’s great for Google and Facebook’s bottom line, but that’s where the benefit ends. | $1.3M | Angel | Jun 07, 2018 |  |
| Smore | Smore makes it simple to create gorgeous newsletters, collaborate with colleagues, and analyze results. It's an easy way to ensure consistency and accountability communication and to transform the way your audience engages with your content. Smore has over 2 million users creating over 100,000 newsletters each month. | $425K | Angel | Dec 01, 2011 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Union Bay Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/union-bay-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Fresh Chalk

VC Fund · Austin, United States

Fresh Chalk is a site for sharing recommendations for professionals with your friends. Many of us have a handful of people we trust to help us manage our health, our homes, or our well-being. But when a new need arises, what do you do? The general consensus is that recommendations from friends rule. The problem is, getting those recommendationsfrom friends in the normal course of life (via text, chance encounters, or planned social events) is no small task. The alternative -- blindly trusting reviews on the internet -- can be downright scary. Fresh Chalk compiles a list of recommendations in each category from people you already trust, so when you need them, they’re there.

3 contacts available at Fresh Chalk.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Adam Doppelt | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adam-doppelt |
| Liz Pearce | Co-founder & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/liz-pearce |
| Patrick O'Donnell | Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/patrick-odonnell |

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## FAQ

### What does Patrick O'Donnell invest in?

Patrick O'Donnell invests primarily in Computer, Internet and Software startups, most often at Angel stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Israel. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Patrick O'Donnell's check size?

Patrick O'Donnell typically joins rounds of $425k–$1.3M at Angel. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Patrick O'Donnell participates in.

### When did Patrick O'Donnell last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Patrick O'Donnell closed in Jun 2018. Shizune tracks 2 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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